CNBC (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
£7.6m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£25m
+250.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
111
+20.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£773k
+2.7% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,716,000 | £22,655,000 | £23,390,000 | +3.2% | |
| Operating profit | £793,000 | £768,000 | £874,000 | +13.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £700,000 | £753,000 | £773,000 | +2.7% | |
| Net profit | £568,000 | £14,000 | £412,000 | +2,842.9% | |
| Cash | — | £0 | £7,551,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,087,000 | £7,556,000 | £25,304,000 | +234.9% | |
| Net assets | £7,087,000 | £7,195,000 | £25,222,000 | +250.5% | |
| Equity | £7,087,000 | £7,195,000 | £25,222,000 | +250.5% | |
| Average employees | 96 | 92 | 111 | +20.7% | |
| Wages | £9,800,000 | £9,661,000 | £13,147,000 | +36.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,516,000 | £552,000 | £674,000 | +22.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £1,000 | £3,000 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £685,000 | £251,000 | £396,000 | +57.8% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.5% | 3.4% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 0.1% | 1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.2% | 10.2% | 3.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 45.6% | 60.5% | 19.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.75x | 1.26x | 3.72x | |
| Interest cover | 8.53x | 51.20x | — |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- CNBC (UK) LIMITED 2004-04-01 → present
- RCA AUDIO-VISUALS LIMITED 1981-12-31 → 2004-04-01
- BRADCALE LIMITED 1981-07-17 → 1981-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for 12 months from the date of signing, with net assets of £25,222,000, and hence continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- CNBC (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Business News (Europe) Partnership 50%
Significant events
- “In November 2024, Comcast Corporation announced its intention to create Versant, a new independent publicly traded company comprised of select domestic cable television networks along with complementary digital assets through a tax-free spin-off.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 44 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HADDEN, Caroline Clare | Secretary | 2017-07-21 | — | — |
| FOOT, Anna | Director | 2026-06-23 | Jan 1973 | British |
| KOCHUGOVA, Oxana | Director | 2023-01-01 | Dec 1975 | British |
Show 44 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, Fiona Maria | Secretary | 1996-07-11 | 1996-07-29 |
| GREEN, Pamela Anne | Secretary | 1997-12-24 | 2005-10-31 |
| LEE, Tony | Secretary | 1996-07-29 | 1997-12-24 |
| MANSFIELD, Alison | Secretary | 2010-07-15 | 2021-11-30 |
| MORROW, Graham | Secretary | — | 1996-07-11 |
| SKELTON, Richard Alec | Secretary | 2014-04-29 | 2017-08-01 |
| A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-01-20 | 2009-10-31 |
| OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-11-01 | 2010-06-30 |
| AMBROSE, Marcus Field | Director | 2009-07-09 | 2013-10-10 |
| BAGCHEE, Deepanshu | Director | 2024-08-09 | 2025-10-29 |
| BAINS, Harkerat Singh | Director | 2015-10-06 | 2017-08-15 |
| BRAINCH, Satpal Singh | Director | 2011-12-12 | 2013-06-04 |
| BRENNAN, Ann Elizabeth | Director | 2009-03-31 | 2010-06-14 |
| BUCKLEY, Michael Andrew | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2011-12-20 |
| CASEY, John Montgomery Blakey | Director | 2020-06-16 | 2023-11-07 |
| CITRON, Zachary Joseph | Director | 2004-05-06 | 2010-06-14 |
| CITRON, Zachary Joseph | Director | 2003-06-20 | 2003-07-11 |
| CLARK, Roy Graham | Director | 2001-12-14 | 2006-06-30 |
| COTTON, Rick | Director | 2004-04-22 | 2004-10-13 |
| CROWTHER, Jonathan Michael | Director | 1997-12-16 | 2004-04-30 |
| DUPUIS, Patrick Lucien Andre | Director | 1993-08-03 | 1997-01-31 |
| DWYER, Stephen John | Director | 2006-06-30 | 2010-06-14 |
| EVANS, Fiona Maria | Director | 1996-05-01 | 1996-09-13 |
| FALCO, Randel Alan | Director | 2005-05-11 | 2007-07-03 |
| GREEN, Pamela Anne | Director | 1996-03-12 | 2005-10-31 |
| HITCHIN, Paul Robert | Director | 2006-06-30 | 2007-03-06 |
| KARAMOY-DAW, Clara Angela | Director | 2020-02-25 | 2022-12-31 |
| LEE, Lynn Sin Nee | Director | 2012-02-22 | 2016-01-13 |
| LILLEYMAN, Anthony Justin | Director | 2009-07-09 | 2012-10-12 |
| MATTHEWS, Colin Stephen | Director | — | 1993-08-03 |
| MCCARTHY, Emilie | Director | 2017-08-15 | 2019-09-26 |
| MORRIS, William Hazlitt | Director | 2004-05-06 | 2006-08-14 |
| MORROW, Graham | Director | — | 1997-12-16 |
| NASS, Eric Thomas | Director | 1993-08-03 | 1995-11-14 |
| POPPLEWELL, Timothy | Director | 2007-08-21 | 2009-07-02 |
| RASMUSSEN, Alan Alastair | Director | — | 1993-08-03 |
| RISINGER, Marlin | Director | 1999-04-21 | 2010-06-14 |
| SHAROOD, John Newell | Director | — | 1993-08-03 |
| SULLIVAN, Kevin Charles | Director | 2013-06-14 | 2020-06-16 |
| TAPPERT, George Reinhold | Director | 1997-01-31 | 1999-04-21 |
| THOMAS GRAHAM, Pamela | Director | 2005-05-11 | 2005-09-19 |
| WAKE, Hilary Anne | Director | 1999-05-01 | 1999-05-16 |
| WHEELER, Gillian May | Director | 2006-06-30 | 2010-06-14 |
| WRENN, Nicholas John Martin | Director | 2023-12-14 | 2025-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Versant Media Group, Inc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2025-10-01 | Active |
| Nbc (Uk) Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-10-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 243 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-13 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-29 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2026-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-19 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.